Cap or crown puller



July 8 1924.

HQ B. MORIARTY CAP OR CROWN FULLER Original Filed May 1, 1922 Rate ntedJuly 8, 1924..

PATENT FFICE.

HERBERT BERNARD MORIARTY, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

CAP 0R GROWN FULLER.

Application filed May 1, 1922, Serial To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT BERNARD MoRiARTY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gap orCrown Pullers, of which the following is a specification. V

My said invention relates to a cap or crown puller for such caps orcrowns as are commonly used on bottles containing beverages. It is anobject of the invention to provide a puller which can be fastened byscrews to a counter or wall and under which the cap end of the bottlecan be hooked and the cap removed without danger of damage to the outerlip of the neck.

It-has been found that the pullers as now made frequently chip off theouter lip of the bottle thus making its further use with caps or crownimpossible. The chips of glass also often get into the contents of thebottle which renders consumption thereof unsafe because of thepossibility of swallowing such chips.

By the use of my device such danger is obviated and damage to the bottleis also prevented with resulting economy.

Referring to the accompanylng 'drawlngs which are made a part hereof andon which similar reference characters indicate similar parts,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my device,

Figure 2 an end elevation, and I Figure 3 a section on line A-A ofFigure 1.

In the drawings reference character 1 indicates the rear portion or baseof the device which is adapted to be fastened to a counter or wall bymeans of screws passing through the openings indicated in Figure 1 or inany other convenient manner. Rigidly connected to the base andpreferably integral therewith is an overhanging extension 2 having a'lip3 behind which is a recess containing a filling of rubber or compositionl into which the cap on the bottle'is indented by the pressure of thehand on the rear end of the bottle. lip 3 just sufliciently to catch theedge of This is intended to expose the No. 557,546. Renewed May 12,1924.

the cap and pull it off without, however, exposing so much of the lip asto cause it to hgok into the neck of the bottle and chip its e go.

At the lower end of the base is another PIOJBCt-lOIl or ledge 5 whichextends outward and acts as a rest'for positioning the lower edge of thecap. This projection helps to force the cap into the rubber when adownward pressure is given to the free end of the bottle and is intendedto be spaced from the lip just sufficiently to cause the upper edge pfthe cap to engage the lower part of the It will be understood that mydevice may be modified in various ways within the scope of the inventionas defined in the appended claim. For example the device may takevarious shapes and different elements thereof may be made separable orintegral and of various forms either for strength or orna. ment. The pad4 may also assume other forms so long as it offers a' yieldingresistance to the bottle top whereby it acts to hold the opposite edgeof the cap down on ledge 5. Therefore I do not limit myself to thespecific form shown in the drawings and described in the specificationbut only as in dicated in the appended claim.

Having thus fully described my said-invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A puller for bottle caps or crowns comprising a base, an overhangingforward extension thereon, a lip on the extension adapted to hook thecap on a bottle, said lip having a recess located directly behind thesame, and a yieldable filler in the recess, the filler being adapted toprevent the metal from coming in contact with the neck of the bottlebeing opened, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Memphis, Tennessee,this 28th day of April, 1922.

HERBERT BERNARD MORIARTY.

Witnesses W. D. BROWNING, R. L. ToLsoN.

